Friday, 20 October 2017

No 12141, Friday 20 Oct 2017, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Audacity of Czech taking shed with a term of disgust (8) CHUTZPAH {C{HUT}Z}{PAH}
6   Party animal? (4) STAG [DD]
9   Chart featuring God is fabricated (4,2) MADE UP {MA{DE U}P}
10 Party insurers get a copy (7) REPLICA {REP}{LIC}{A}
13 Mister mad to swim where current may be the strongest (9) MIDSTREAM*
14 Cat heard in golf course (5) LINKS (~lynx)
15 Large boat in escapade (4) LARK {L}{ARK}
16 Day locater went here and there in European resort (5,5) MONTE CARLO {MON}{LOCATER*}
19 No. 1 cleaner, on-tour commercial ship (5,5) OCEAN LINER*
21 Fellow-crack? (4) CHAP [DD]
24 Get a smile out of morning exploit (5) AMUSE {AM}{USE}
25 Sudden move by lawyers to secure old part of pub (6,3) LOUNGE BAR {L{O}UNGE} {BAR}
26 Naturally sounding and grammatically correct? No, Mother, senseless! (7) IDIOTIC IDIOmaTIC
27 Noter working around a fancy (6) ORNATE {ORN{A}TE*}
28 Want massage recommended loudly (4) NEED (~knead)
29 Princess’ mention includes son's aversion (8) DISTASTE {DI}{STA{S}TE}

DOWN
2   More difficult is having old collector (7) HOARDER {H{O}ARDER}
3   Deal with any final agreement (6) TREATY {TREAT}{anY}
4   With spirit, a hearty Sonia gets sausage (9) PEPPERONI {PEP}{PER}{sONIa}
5   Hear about maiden in women's quarters (5) HAREM {HEAR*}{M}
7   Choultry located in the far end of Kolar is less crowded (7) THINNER {TH{INN}E}{k..aR}
8   "Chirpy characters" — Rags about people buying what's in store (12) GRASSHOPPERS {RAGS*}{SHOPPERS}
11 Friend's expert in regal home (6) PALACE {PAL}{ACE}
12 Improvement with changed email address (12) AMELIORATION {EMAIL*}{ORATION}
17 Fearful as outer slum undergoes demolition (9) TREMULOUS*
18 Order tinned mixture (6) INDENT*
20 Use vile means to remain hard to catch (7) ELUSIVE*
22 By custom, a little time in the home ground (7) HABITAT {HABIT}{A}{Time}
23 Country needing upper-class look, say (6) UGANDA {U}{GANDA}(~gander)
25 Not all fortune I declared initially is clear (5) LUCID {LUCk}{I}{De...d}

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2017 at 08:36

    Thanks GM for a cakewalk!
    Have a doubt:
    CZ is Czech or Czech Republic?

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    1. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 08:47

      Strictly, CZ is Czech Republic. It is used here loosely to yield the required letters. Bus. Dhanyavad,

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    2. sree_sree20 October 2017 at 09:52

      czechia would have done the job.

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  2. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 08:48

    Yes, a cakewalk or a walk in the park to digest the Deepavali sweets.
    9A- Deu is God?
    Unusual no. of anagrams for a Gridman puzzle.

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    1. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:03

      Visit
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deu

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    2. sree_sree20 October 2017 at 09:19

      Dictionarium, seu Thesaurus catalano-latinus verborum ac phrasium lists due/deus as numen divinum, creator ominum.

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    3. Vasant20 October 2017 at 11:45

      Prasad:-)

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    4. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 15:34

      Thanks for the link CV.

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 October 2017 at 08:54

    A walk in the park! Thanks GM. :)

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  4. maradnusro20 October 2017 at 09:02

    Fantastic morning for me. Thank you Gridman

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  5. Bhavan20 October 2017 at 09:05

    7d: are things located in the far end ... or at the far end ...?

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    1. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:24

      "at" is better. But maybe I didn't think enough when a last-minute was given over the phone.
      But is "in" wrong? "The house is located in the middle of a forest" - Is this non-idiomatic?

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    2. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:26

      Where is Norway? / Where is Norway Located in The World? / Norway ...
      www.worldatlas.com/eu/no/where-is-norway.html
      Located in the continent of Europe. Norway covers 304282.00 square kilometers of land and has a population of 4707270.

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    3. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:28

      I have agreed "at" is better or probably quite correct.

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    4. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:51

      The first search result in Google for the expression is my use in this CWD! There are several other examples. But I am quite aware that a return in Google search is not always reliable. We have to use our discretion.

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    5. Vasant20 October 2017 at 10:20

      The doubt of in v/s at is for the surface grammar; but for cryptic instruction in is correct. Choultry located in the gives TH(INN)E.

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    6. Bhavan20 October 2017 at 10:51

      CV sir, I agree, sometimes in like in your forest example 'in' is apt.

      But was just asking to provoke discussion and get your thoughts behind this particular clue. To me 'far end' is the part causing problem. As you can have something 'at the far end' of another, instead of 'in the far end'

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  6. Mona Sogal20 October 2017 at 09:14

    Enjoyable grid :)

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV20 October 2017 at 09:42

    A crazy CHAP living in a PALACE near MONTE CARLO wanted to travel in an ORNATE OCEAN LINER.
    When asked about the NEED to travel he replied that it was not to AMUSE himself.
    He was out to get the ELUSIVE REPLICA of a STAG belonging to his forefathers in UGANDA and now believed to be in the hands of a HOARDER with under-ground LINKS.
    Is his story LUCID or just MADE UP?
    What would you say?

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    1. sree_sree20 October 2017 at 09:47

      hope he doesn't have DISTASTE for TREMOlOUS HABITAT and leave MIDSTREAM. May the Due be with him.

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    2. Vasant20 October 2017 at 10:25

      Wow! Great Story CGB!

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    3. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 11:54

      CGB,
      Enjoying your re-found enthusiasm. Pl. keep it up. You are always in form. we are INDENTing for more of the same.

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  8. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 09:46

    You're having a LARK.

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  9. Ramki Krishnan20 October 2017 at 10:24

    Enjoyable grid!
    Surprising to see no CD's in a Gridman puzzle :)

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  10. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 11:56

    Gridman CW is a kind of home coming- it is our HABITAT.

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  11. raju umamaheswar20 October 2017 at 13:26

    Trust Gridman to bring in a word CHOULTRY - which is an indeterminate word of tamil origin. If it's synonym is an INN, would Chavadi be a cemetery? Will a Motel in the US qualify as a Choultry ? A வழித்தங்கல் மனை . How about a LOUNGE BAR? a Tavern? a sheneen ? A bus stage on the way to Tenkasi (yesterday's clue !)

    English has afforded itself the luxury of borrowing many words from other languages !

    CV: Come back with more encores of such words !

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    1. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 13:42

      Chavadi : Place of public assembly of the village. It is the property of the entire community. In it all public business is transacted, and it serves also as the village club the headquarters of the village police and guest house for travellers.

      This is what I found on the net and it tallies with my understanding of the word. Cemetery does not enter the picture at all. Chathiram and chavadi are more or less synonyms.
      I too was happy that Gridman used 'Chathiram'.

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  12. raju umamaheswar20 October 2017 at 13:28

    I mean shebeen and not sheneen ! A caravanserai too can be added to the list ?

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  13. raju umamaheswar20 October 2017 at 14:28

    Paddy: Chavadi : My reference to this was in levity- I broadly used chavu as death and hence the word chavadi. I didn't seriously believe that chavadi= cemetery !

    Shebeen : Irish origin: SIBIN. No reference to where she was in the husband's absence !

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  14. Padmanabhan20 October 2017 at 15:32

    Raju,
    Be careful with your Tamil pronunciation. S & Ch have different meanings. Savu is death.

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  15. Chaturvasi20 October 2017 at 16:38

    Raju
    Don't worry. I can see what you mean even when you may not say what mean.

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  16. raju umamaheswar20 October 2017 at 21:03

    PADDY : I used the word Chavu recalling chavu graki used as a curse by the rikshawallas in Madras when they have to take passengers on short trips .

    CV: I like being an enigma wrapped in a mystery and esoteric and cryptic !

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2017 at 21:28

      Taking cue from you, Raju, my definition for Chavadi is Chav+adi - death blow

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    2. raju umamaheswar20 October 2017 at 21:44

      Oh no ! where I started and where we are ending up !

      Some one in Tamilnadu will give me a death blow !T

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